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MIDDLESBROUGH
Most Famous People Born in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
- Notable people
- 348
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1964
- Most distinctive
- Football 4.7×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Middlesbrough during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Middlesbrough Is Known For
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Football is Middlesbrough's biggest profession — 51% of all notables (178).
Middlesbrough over-indexes on football — 4.7× the global rate.
Middlesbrough under-produces politician — only 0.2× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Middlesbrough's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Chris Rea
Born 1951
Paul Rodgers
Born 1949
Brian Clough
1935 - 2004
James Arthur
Born 1988
Wendy Richard
1943 - 2009
Don Revie
1927 - 1989
Stewart Downing
Born 1984
Faye Marsay
Born 1986
E. W. Hornung
1866 - 1921
Jamie Parker
Born 1979
Greg Clark
Born 1967
Micky Moody
Born 1950
Matt Jarvis
Born 1986
Jonathan Woodgate
Born 1980
Amelia Lily
Born 1994
Wilf Mannion
1918 - 2000
Chris Corner
Born 1974
Paul C. Doherty
Born 1946
Pete Trewavas
Born 1959
Chris Kamara
Born 1957
Monica Dolan
Born 1969
Pete York
Born 1942
Jonathan Hogg
Born 1988
Chris Tomlinson
Born 1981
Stuart Ripley
Born 1967
Jordan Hugill
Born 1992
Dael Fry
Born 1997
Connor Ripley
Born 1993
Jerry Desmonde
1908 - 1967
Rory Underwood
Born 1963
Florence Easton
1882 - 1955
Mike Dunn (snooker player)
Born 1971
Lila Kaye
1929 - 2012
Luke Williams (footballer, born 1993)
Born 1993
Curtis Edwards
Born 1994
Peter Townsend (sociologist)
1928 - 2009
Iain Baxter&
Born 1936
Claire Hamill
Born 1954
Sarah Borwell
Born 1979
Paul Drinkhall
Born 1990
Jack Heslop-Harrison
1920 - 1998
Robbie Blake
Born 1976
Adrian Warburton
1918 - 1944
Cyril Smith (pianist)
1909 - 1974
Alan Peacock
Born 1937
Aimee Willmott
Born 1993
Chris Hogg
Born 1985
Horace King, Baron Maybray-King
1901 - 1986
Herbert McCabe
1926 - 2001
Thelma Barlow
Born 1929
Richard Ripley
1901 - 1996
Katie Rood
Born 1992
Liam Plunkett
Born 1985
Sam Russell (footballer, born 1982)
Born 1982
Raphael Sealey
1927 - 2013
Elizabeth Carling
Born 1967
Kathleen Hughes (historian)
1926 - 1977
David Shayler
Born 1965
Peter Beagrie
Born 1965
Samuel Epstein
1926 - 2018
Marion Ryan
1931 - 1999
Fred Appleyard
1874 - 1963
Bill Athey
Born 1957
Tom Blenkinsop
Born 1980
Andy McDonald (politician)
Born 1958
Tommy Mooney
Born 1971
Phil Stamp
Born 1975
Roland Carl Backhouse
Born 1948
Danny Johnson (footballer)
Born 1993
Matt Renshaw
Born 1996
Caroline Johnson
Born 1978
Andy Campbell
Born 1979
Chris Old
Born 1948
Gary Liddle
Born 1986
Bradley Fewster
Born 1996
Mark Proctor (footballer)
Born 1961
David Daniell (cyclist)
Born 1989
Keith Houchen
Born 1960
Daniel Rowe (footballer, born 1995)
Born 1995
Johanna Jackson
Born 1985
Charlotte Hughes (supercentenarian)
1877 - 1993
Glen Durrant
Born 1970
Darren Williams
Born 1977
David McGurk
Born 1982
James Ha
Born 1992
Liam Donaldson
Born 1949
Simon Vallily
Born 1985
Paul Vallely
Born 1951
Gary Havelock
Born 1968
Preeti Desai
Born 1984
Kevin Burgess
Born 1988
Beverley Skeggs
Born 1950
Colin Osborne
Born 1975
Colin Stewart (footballer)
Born 1980
Graeme Lee (footballer)
Born 1978
Tony Eccles
Born 1970
Craig Farrell (footballer)
Born 1982
Kevin Dowd
Born 1958
Craig James (footballer, born 1982)
Born 1982
Mick McNeil
Born 1940
Steve Holmes (footballer)
Born 1971
Scott Harrison (footballer)
Born 1993
Jon McCarthy
Born 1970
Michael Maidens
1987 - 2007
John Johnson (footballer)
Born 1988
Michael McPartland
1939 - 2017
Sean Blowers
Born 1961
John McDermott (English footballer)
Born 1969
Neil Heaney
Born 1971
Pete Firman
Born 1980
John Bowman (footballer)
1879 - 1943
Ben Everson
Born 1987
Peter Gilliver
Born 1964
Charlie Wyke
Born 1992
Lee Matthews (footballer)
Born 1979
Sid Barras
Born 1948
Alethea Charlton
1931 - 1976
John Baines (bobsledder)
Born 1985
Joe Ironside
Born 1993
James Maxlow
Born 1949
John Watson Gibson
1885 - 1947
Lev Yalcin
Born 1985
Jade McSorley
Born 1988
Aaron Labonte
Born 1983
David Payne (politician)
Born 1944
Michael Thomas
Born 1960
Geoff Cook
Born 1951
Nathan Porritt
Born 1990
Richard Milward
Born 1984
Nathan Mulligan
Born 1986
Harry Douglass
1902 - 1978
Nicky Southall
Born 1972
Mike Waters (politician)
Born 1967
Ali Brownlee
1959 - 2016
A. B. Imeson
1875 - 1944
Frank Elgee
1880 - 1944
Richard Appleby
Born 1975
Steve Gibson (businessman)
Born 1958
Daryl Robson
Born 1989
Steve Livingstone
Born 1969
Lewis Hawkins
Born 1993
Jeff Winter
Born 1955
Charles Duncan (politician)
1865 - 1933
Angela Readman
Born 1973
Sarah Preston
Born 1970
Roy Hunter
Born 1973
Peter Duffield
Born 1969
Joey Hutchinson
Born 1982
Bob Berridge
Born 1956
Stanley Hollis
1912 - 1972
John Alexander (footballer, born 1985)
Born 1985
Abigail McLellan
1969 - 2009
Nicky Mohan
Born 1970
Jonathan Putra
Born 1982
Gary Smith (footballer, born 1984)
Born 1984
Michael Oliver (footballer, born 1975)
Born 1975
Mark Wadlow
Born 1962
Iolo Aneurin Williams
1890 - 1962
Gary Gill
Born 1964
Hilary Lappin-Scott
Born 1955
Christopher Quinten
Born 1957
Terry Bywater
Born 1983
Jonathan Birch
Born 1968
Mike Russell (billiards player)
Born 1969
Chris Liddle
Born 1984
Matty Appleby
Born 1972
Anthony Peacock
Born 1985
William Victor Fox
1898 - 1949
Simon Shaw (footballer)
Born 1973
James Weighell
Born 1994
Jeff Smith (footballer, born 1980)
Born 1980
Bobby Stuart
1913 - 1987
Denis Neale
Born 1944
Peter Gilchrist (billiards player)
Born 1968
David Beresford
Born 1976
Geoff Butler
Born 1947
Neil Campbell (footballer)
Born 1977
Gary MacDonald (footballer)
Born 1979
Charles Lodge Adamson
1906 - 1979
Anthony Ormerod
Born 1979
Luke Coddington
Born 1995
Mike Angus
Born 1960
Stuart Wise
Born 1984
Sonny Parker (footballer)
Born 1983
Arthur Leopold Busch
1866 - 1956
Bobby Turnbull (footballer)
1895 - 1952
Carole Knight
Born 1957
Jimmy Lawson
Born 1947
Lee Hodgson
Born 1986
Jeremy Roberts
Born 1966
Dick Jackson
Born 1873
Christian Hanson (footballer)
Born 1981
Johnny Summers (boxer)
1882 - 1946
Kevin Connelly
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Nicky Jarvis
Born 1954
Jon Steel
Born 1980
Paul Dalton
Born 1967
Stephen Uppal
Born 1982
Tony Lee (footballer, born 1947)
Born 1947
Alan Pearce
Born 1965
Peter Keen
Born 1976
Peter Richardson
Born 1970
John Anderson (pathologist)
1918 - 2011
Harold Stephenson
1920 - 2008
Simon Betts
Born 1973
Chris Leadbitter
Born 1967
Deana Uppal
Born 1988
Paul Campbell (footballer)
Born 1980
John Potter (cricketer)
Born 1949
Jade Jones (wheelchair racer)
Born 1996
Paul Todd (footballer)
1920 - 2000
Mark Lawrence (footballer)
Born 1958
Maud Chadburn
1868 - 1957
Glenn Moody
Born 1964
Jessica Robinson (performer)
Born 1991
Paul Truscott
Born 1986
Billy Day
1936 - 2018
Chris Tallentire
Born 1963
Dave Roberts (sports broadcaster)
Born 1964
Joe Tait (footballer)
Born 1990
Ian Turner (footballer, born 1953)
Born 1953
Anna Kennedy
Born 1960
Harold Shepherdson
1918 - 1995
Ian Bailey (footballer)
Born 1956
Christopher Longé
Born 1969
Julian Higgins
-
Andrew Baggett
Born 1982
Anna Raeburn
Born 1944
Adrian Birch
-
Gillian Smith
Born 1965
Don Hutchins
Born 1948
Ron Aspery
1943 - 2003
Keith Schellenberg
1929 - 2019
Dave Sturt
Born 1960
Lewis Boyce
Born 1996
Darren Horrigan
Born 1983
David Ellis (English cricketer)
Born 1934
Andy Preston (businessman)
Born 1966
Mark Clemmit
Born 1962
Dean John-Wilson
Born 1989
Zach Kibirige
Born 1994
Scott Turnbull
Born 1981
Alan Old
Born 1945
Jack Saunders (footballer)
1924 - 2013
Sam Spencer
1902 - 1987
Mark Page
-
Sean Davies (footballer)
Born 1985
Steve Gardner (footballer, born 1968)
Born 1968
Tommy Charlton
-
Matthew Pitts (footballer)
Born 1979
Nathan McGinley
Born 1996
Lewis Hardman
Born 1989
Henry Cook (footballer)
1893 - 1917
Ronnie Sewell
1890 - 1945
Dave Miller (footballer, born 1921)
1921 - 1989
Rhys Pickering
Born 1995
Andrew Chadwick
-
Harry Solomon (businessman)
Born 1937
Hugh Turner (footballer, born 1917)
1917 - 1992
Nicky Peverell
Born 1973
Andy McAvoy
Born 1979
Lee Tucker (footballer, born 1971)
Born 1971
Jimmy Wilson (footballer, born 1924)
1924 - 1987
Marc Salvati
Born 1983
Mark Hine
Born 1964
Craig Skelton
Born 1980
Chrissie Parrott
Born 1953
Rebecca Durrell
Born 1988
Simon McKeown
Born 1965
Eddie Lloyd
Born 1902
Ron Garland
1931 - 1989
Andrew Poole
Born 1967
John Stewart Turner
1908 - 1991
Walter Tranter
1875 - 1945
Neil Cushley
Born 1967
Pierce Phillips
Born 1992
Terry Melling
Born 1940
Ernest Muttitt
1908 - 1996
Alan Moody
Born 1951
John Stewart (footballer, born 1937)
Born 1937
Judith McKenna
Born 1966
Ernie Butler (footballer, born 1924)
Born 1924
Stephen Walker (footballer)
Born 2000
Nathan Jameson
Born 1985
Dave Pennington
Born 1966
Charles E. Johnson (FBI Most Wanted fugitive)
Born 1907
Pat Cuff
Born 1952
Dave Morris (comedian)
1896 - 1960
Owen McGee
Born 1970
Walter Creasor
1902 - 1975
Jimmy Lawton
Born 1942
Billy Goundry
1934 - 2012
Stan Webb (footballer, born 1947)
Born 1947
Joseph Gettins
1874 - 1954
Clive MacDonnell Dixon
1870 - 1914
Nicola Lavery
Born 1960
Louise Stuart (athlete)
Born 1967
Ray Barnard
1933 - 2017
George Johnson (cricketer, born 1894)
1894 - 1965
Patrick Durkin
1936 - 2009